The West Midlands has seen a small improvement in its ranking in the annual PwC Women in Work Index, moving from 11th place in 2020 to tenth in 2021.
While the labour force participation rate fell by one per cent, the gender pay gap slightly narrowed from 16 per cent to 15.5 per cent in 2021.
The Index, first launched in 2010, is a weighted average of the five indicators that reflect women's participation in the labour market and equality in the workplace and analyses female economic empowerment across 33 countries.
